Capital Raising

Korean biotech Curebus passed technology evaluation for KOSDAQ listing and is conducting ~23 billion KRW pre-IPO funding round with domestic and foreign institutional investors. Target IPO is H1 2027.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Curebus, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Curebus hires first across Asia; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

knewit raised pre-Series A funding from existing investor KUSABI (KUSABI No. 1 Investment Business Limited Partnership). Total funding to date reached ¥290 million. Funding raised via third-party share allotment.

Leadership read: knewit's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

Shapoorji Pallonji Group raising $125 million via tap issue of dollar bonds and ₹3,250 crore (~$390M) via unrated rupee bonds for refinancing, with expected completion by October 1, 2026.

Leadership read: Shapoorji Pallonji Group's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

RB-Ware, a no-code welding and grinding collaborative robot system company, raised 900M KRW (~$690K USD) in seed funding from SparkLab and SOSV. The company has deployed 250+ units across 16 countries and is expanding into shipbuilding and heavy industry verticals.

Leadership read: RB-Ware (알비웨어)'s raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

UMS announced a placement of 52.9 million new shares at RM8.50 per share, resulting in a 7.2% share price increase

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For UMS, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where UMS hires first across Asia; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

Inox Clean Energy filed draft prospectus for initial public offering targeting up to 100 billion rupees ($1 billion USD) capital raise.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Inox Clean Energy Ltd., a raise in Cleantech & Renewables funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Inox Clean Energy Ltd. hires first across Asia; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

Apollo Minerals completed a listing on Euronext Paris, marking its public market entry via a formal listing ceremony.

Leadership read: Apollo Minerals's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across EMEA.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

U.S. Department of Defense invested $450 million in The Elmet Group to secure tungsten and molybdenum supply chain for defense manufacturing, in response to geopolitical supply-chain constraints and Jan 1 deadline for tungsten procurement restrictions

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For The Elmet Group, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where The Elmet Group hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

Destro AI raised $8M in seed funding co-led by Base10 Partners and Bonfire Ventures to expand warehouse robot fleet coordination platform. Company already in production with global logistics providers and generating commercial revenue.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Destro AI, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Destro AI hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

Bunker Hill Mining elects to issue 100,499 shares of common stock to satisfy interest payment obligations on Series 1 (5.0%) and Series 2 (5.0%) secured convertible debentures totaling ~$268K in interest.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Bunker Hill Mining Corp., a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Bunker Hill Mining Corp. hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

Draganfly closed a registered direct offering of 1,869,159 common shares at US$5.35 per share, raising approximately US$10 million in gross proceeds.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Draganfly Inc., a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Draganfly Inc. hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →

Ontario provincial government committed $1.7 million investment to advance life sciences innovation at Piramal Pharma's Aurora facility in Canada.

Leadership read: Piramal Pharma's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

curated · 2026-09-30 · context →